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- The present disclosure relates generally to the field of networking.
- A network device receiving a video stream that is encoded using an inter-coded compression technique generally experiences a delay between the time of joining the video stream and the time a displayable video frame can be locally reconstructed. This delay results from the fact that the inter-coded frames (for example P and B frames in the case of Motion Pictures Experts Group 2 (MPEG-2) encoding) cannot be used to reconstruct a displayable video frame until the first intra-coded frame (for example an I frame in the case of MPEG-2 encoding) has been received.
- Accordingly, when a set-top box joins an inter-coded video stream in response to a user requesting a channel change or powering on the set-top box, the set-top box begins receiving compressed frame data. The set-top box must then wait to reconstruct a displayable video frame until the first intra-coded frame is available. Partial solutions to this reconstruction delay exist, but these solutions generally require a great deal of bandwidth availability on the entire network path extending from the source of the video stream to the set-top box. The disclosure that follows solves this and other problems.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an example system for allowing a decoding endpoint to quickly output a displayable video frame upon joining a video stream. -
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the buffering server illustrated inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 illustrates an example of the dynamic burst transfer sent by the buffering server inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 4 illustrates an example method for using the buffering server illustrated inFIG. 2 . - In one embodiment, a buffering server transfers a dynamic burst transfer of data encoded using an inter-coded compression technique. The dynamic burst transfer is timed so that an initial transfer rate is reduced to a remaining transfer rate at the same time or before a decoding endpointjoins a corresponding data stream. The decoding endpoint merges the video stream and the dynamic burst transfer to decode and quickly reconstruct a displayable video frame.
- Several preferred examples of the present application will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Various other examples of the invention are also possible and practical. This application may be exemplified in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the examples set forth herein.
- The figures listed above illustrate preferred examples of the application and the operation of such examples. In the figures, the size of the boxes is not intended to represent the size of the various physical components. Where the same element appears in multiple figures, the same reference numeral is used to denote the element in all of the figures where it appears. When two elements operate differently, different reference numerals are used regardless of whether the two elements are the same class of network device.
- Only those parts of the various units are shown and described which are necessary to convey an understanding of the examples to those skilled in the art. Those parts and elements not shown are conventional and known in the art.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an example system for allowing a decoding endpoint to quickly output a displayable video frame upon joining a video stream. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , thesystem 100 includes anetwork 102 that provides video content to a decoding endpoint such as a set-top box 108 or other network device over alink 107 such as a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). Thevideo source 104 multicasts avideo stream 103 or other data stream to a plurality of decoding endpoints, e.g. thousands of decoding endpoints (not shown), coupled to thenetwork 102. Thevideo stream 103 includes packets or other data having sequence numbers usable by the endpoints to place the received data into its original order and to suppress duplicates. Each of the plurality of endpoints including the set-top box 108 joins thevideo stream 103 by sending a join request. Joining thevideo stream 103 may occur responsively to a user changing a channel or turning on the set-top box 108. - The set-
top box 108 sends a request for a burst transfer to abuffering server 105 that receives and stores thevideo stream 103. Thebuffering server 105 includessoftware 109 for transferring back to the requesting set-top box 108 adynamic burst transfer 106 containing data originating from thevideo stream 103 that is also received on thebuffering server 105. Thedynamic burst transfer 106 is configured by thesoftware 109 to allow the set-top box 108 to reconstruct a displayable frame with minimal delay while allowing the set-top box 108 to merge thedynamic burst transfer 106 with thevideo stream 103 after the set-top box 108 has joined the stream. - The
dynamic burst transfer 106 begins at the start of an intra-coded frame, usable by the set-top box 108 to quickly reconstruct a displayable frame upon joining thevideo stream 103 sent from thevideo source 104. The amount of bandwidth used by thedynamic burst transfer 106 varies over time to prevent over-saturation of thelink 107 due to the extra bandwidth of the burst, and when thevideo stream 103 is received in parallel over thesame link 107. Accordingly, the set-top box 108 is able to quickly output a continuous sequence of frames starting with a complete intra-coded frame received when joining thevideo stream 103. - In the present example the
video source 104 andbuffering server 105 are shown as separate devices; however, in other examples a single device may provide both thevideo stream 103 and thedynamic burst transfer 106. Although the present example shows the set-top box 108 for receiving the video stream, other examples include any network device receiving any type of data stream that is encoded using inter-coding or any similar technique that uses earlier transferred frames to reconstruct a displayable frame. -
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the buffering server illustrated inFIG. 1 . - The set-
top box 108 receives arequest 101 to join a video stream, which may occur when a user changes a channel or turns on the set-top box 108. In response to receiving therequest 101 to join the video stream, the set-top box 108 sends adynamic burst request 11 to thebuffering server 105 that buffers the video stream. - The
dynamic burst request 11 is received by thebuffering server 105, which in the present example receives the corresponding video stream from a separate device (in other examples the functions of thebuffering server 105 may be integrated into a device that also originates the video stream). Thesoftware 109 generatesparameters 19 for a dynamic burst transfer based on characteristics of both the video stream and a link, such as a DSL link, connecting the set-top box 108 to the network. - The first average
burst transfer rate 30 represents a transfer rate for sending aninitial burst transfer 12. Theparameters 19 also include a sequence number N of a latest occurring packet or other segment of information to be included in theinitial burst transfer 12 and the transition instant X for starting a reducedrate burst transfer 14. The second averageburst transfer rate 31 represents a reduced transfer rate for sending theburst transfer 14, and theparameters 19 also include the sequence number Z for the latest occurring packet to be included in the reducedrate burst transfer 14. - As stated previously, the
software 109 uses the characteristics of both the DSL link and the video stream to generate theparameters 19 for sending theinitial burst transfer 12 and the reducedrate burst transfer 14. The characteristics of the DSL link and the video stream may be automatically observed by theserver 105 or manually provided using theinput 10. The method used by thesoftware 109 for generating theparameters 19 is discussed in greater detail with respect toFIG. 3 , and as will be shown inFIG. 3 preferably takes into account other variables besides the characteristics of the DSL link and the video stream. - Still referring to
FIG. 2 , the set-top box 108 receives back theinitial burst transfer 12 sent in response to thedynamic burst request 11. The firstaverage transfer rate 30 is selected to consume more than an amount of bandwidth used for the rate of the video stream and less than the entire bandwidth available on the DSL link. In the present example, the firstaverage transfer rate 30 consumes a constant amount of bandwidth, but in other examples the actual transfer rate may not be strictly constant provided that the average rate over this interval is at least the rate of the video stream and does not exceed the rate of the link. - The set-
top box 108 sends ajoin request 13 to the network for joining the video stream. Thejoin request 13 is sent at time T, which is preferably calculated based on the characteristics of the link and the video stream and may be calculated by thebuffering server 105 or any other network device. The preferred method for calculating the time T is described in greater detail with respect toFIG. 3 . In the present example, the calculated time T is provided to the set-top box 108 for coordinating the sending of thejoin request 13 with the rate reduction of the burst and the later cessation of the burst. - Still referring to
FIG. 2 , at the same time or shortly after the sending of thejoin request 13, theinitial burst transfer 12 ends with sequence number N and a reducedrate burst transfer 14 using the secondaverage transfer rate 31 is received. In other words, the transition instant X for the rate change is occurs no later than the earliest time at which thejoin request 13 could cause data from the video stream to begin to appear on the link. This feature avoids over-saturating the link. The reducedrate burst transfer 14 continues to supply the intra-coded frame and other data, except at a rate low enough to avoid saturating the link if the video stream packets arrive a bit too soon. The secondaverage transfer rate 31 is selected such that, when combined with the rate of the video stream, less than the entire bandwidth of the DSL link is consumed. The preferred method for selecting the secondaverage transfer rate 31 to prevent over-saturation and under-run is discussed in greater detail with reference toFIG. 3 . - Still referring to
FIG. 2 , the set-top box 108 subsequently joins themulticast video stream 15. The video stream and the reduced rate bursttransfer 14 together consume no more than all the bandwidth available on the link and therefore data loss is prevented. At this join time, the set-top box 108 has been provided with a complete intra-coded frame and thus is able to reconstruct a displayable frame by merging burst-transferred data with the data included in the video stream. In other words, the set-top box 108 does not experience a delay caused by waiting to receive the first intra-coded frame on the video stream. -
FIG. 3 illustrates an example of the dynamic burst transfer sent by the buffering server inFIG. 2 . - Referring to
FIG. 3 , adynamic burst transfer 29 is shown with respect to atime axis 24 and asequence number axis 25. Also shown is theline 38 representing an upper bound of the sequence numbers being processed by the decoder at the set-top box as a function of time, which is an amount H of sequence numbers behind thevideo stream rate 39. Thefirst period 40 occurs when the initial burst transfer 12 (FIG. 2 ) is used to burst transfer packets of these sequence numbers faster than they are decoded by the set-top box. Thesecond period 41 occurs while the reduced rate burst transfer 14 (FIG. 2 ) is used to burst transfer packets of these sequence numbers more slowly than the decode rate. The rate of theburst transfer 29 is reduced at the transition instant X. At the transition instant X, the sequence number N is the latest occurring sequence number received at set-top box. - The video stream is transferred at a rate R, which is reflected by the slope of the
video stream rate 39 and the slope of thedecoding output rate 38. During thefirst period 40, the first average transfer rate 30 (FIG. 2 ) of thedynamic burst transfer 29 is preferably selected to consume more than an amount of bandwidth used for the rate R and less than the entire bandwidth available on the link, which is equal to the sum of the rate R and the product of the rate R and a fractional amount of excess bandwidth E. The second average transfer rate 31 (FIG. 2 ) is preferably selected to consume no greater than the product of the rate R and the fractional amount of excess bandwidth E. - At all times between time zero and time C, the distance between
lines top box 108. As shown in the graph, during thefirst period 40 the amount of packets stored in the buffer increases. Conversely, during thesecond period 41 the buffer starts to empty. The packets in the buffer are completely consumed when theburst transfer 29 completes. - The time T for sending the join request depends on a delay range representing time passing between the time T and the actual time that the set-top box joins the video stream. The minimum response time is an amount J. To account for a very responsive network, J may be set to zero. The maximum join response time is an amount J′. Both the amounts J and J′ should also be considered when calculating the time T for sending the join request to prevent under-runs and output gaps from occurring when the
burst transfer 29 completes. - When the actual join time does not occur until the latest time T+J′, the video stream only provides packets or other data segments having sequence numbers greater than Z. Therefore, sequence numbers N through Z should be provided by the burst transfer. The graph shows that the duration and rate of the
burst transfer 29 is selected such that the latest occurring sequence number transferred using the burst transfer is sequence number Z. In other words, at time C, the set-top box has consumed all of the cache and seamlessly starts decoding the video stream. No pause attributable to waiting for the first intra-coded frame is required; this data has been received by the time the set-top box joins the stream. - Several properties can be extracted from the above description and
FIG. 3 . Thefirst period 40 of theburst transfer 29 is set at a rate greater than R, but less than (1+E)R. Thesecond period 40 of theburst transfer 29 is set at a rate no greater than ER at a time occurring no later than time T plus the amount J. The time T for sending the join request is chosen so that the set-top box accumulates a buffer backlog sufficient to prevent under-run even when the video stream is not actually received until the time T plus J′. - An equation for determining the time T for sending the join request is shown below:
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- The calculated time T for sending the join request is dependent on network parameters. For example, the amount J is the minimum amount of time passing between sending the join request and actually joining the video stream and is dependent on network/server responsiveness. The amount J′ is the maximum delay time and may also be related to network/server responsiveness.
- The time T for sending the join request also depends on the characteristics of the video stream and the link used to transfer the stream. For example, the rate R is the transfer rate used for the video stream. The fraction E is a fraction amount of excess bandwidth available on the link after accommodation for the rate R of the video stream. For example, when the link is capable of transmitting one hundred and twenty percent and the bandwidth used by the rate R, then E is equal to 0.2 When the link is capable of 2*R, then E is equal to 1. The amount H is a sequence number difference between the video stream and a position of a preceding start of an intra-coded frame.
- Example equations are also provided for configuring the shape and content of the preferred burst transfer. These following equations are preferably used by the buffering server for determining parameters of the burst transfer. One equation shows a method for identifying the time C (which also indicates burst transfer duration), the time for completing the burst transfer:
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- Another equation shows a preferable method for determining the latest occurring sequence number N to be transferred using the first average transfer rate:
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- And yet another equation shows a preferable method for determining the latest occurring sequence number Z transferred using the second average transfer rate:
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- The calculation of T and the determination of other characteristics of the burst transfer may be performed by the set-top box, the buffering server or any other entity provided with the necessary inputs. Embodiments of the invention are not limited to where these calculations are performed or how the results of the calculations are distributed to the set-top box and the buffering server. Furthermore, in some applications the knowledge of H, J, J′, E and R may be distributed and not known to the entity that is to perform the calculation of T and the characteristics of the burst transfer. Both the transferring of the input parameters to the entity performing the calculations and the distribution of the results to the set-top box and the buffering server can be accomplished using an appropriate protocol.
- Although the above examples are described wherein the buffering server receives the video stream and then re-sends already transmitted data, the methods described above work equally well when the buffering server provides data not yet transmitted on the video stream. In other words, the burst transfer may include either “past” data or “future” data with respect to what data is included on the multicast video stream at any given time. The future data is typically sent when the buffering server is the same device that originates the data stream.
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FIG. 4 illustrates an example method for using the buffering server illustrated inFIG. 2 . - In
block 401, thebuffering server 105 receives a dynamic burst request from a network device that will be accessing a data stream that is encoded using an inter-coded compression technique or other compression technique that involves using historical data during decoding. The buffering server observes or identifies characteristics of the data stream to be accessed and a link that corresponds to the network device inblock 402. - In
block 403, thebuffering server 105 uses the characteristics of the data stream and the link to determine an initial transfer rate and a remaining transfer rate. Inblock 404, thebuffering server 105 identifies a transition instant for transitioning from the initial transfer rate to the remaining transfer rate. Inblock 405, the buffering server identifies a time for the network device to send a join request (which is provided to the network device), which is in part based on a delay range for receiving the video steam after sending the join request. - In
block 406, thebuffering server 105 sends an initial burst transfer back to the network device that sent the request. Inblock 407, at the transition time thebuffering server 105 begins sending the remaining burst transfer to the network device. The network device is thus able to merge the received video stream with the burst-transferred data to quickly decode and reconstruct displayable frames without a delay caused by waiting for an intra-coded frame. - The above methods for facilitating frame reconstruction without a delay caused by waiting for an intra-coded frame can be used in conjunction with the repair schemes for “fast stream join” disclosed in patent application Ser. No. 11/561,237, which is herein incorporated by reference.
- For ease of illustration, the above examples describe data that is transferred in order based on sequence numbers or other reordering indications. However, data need not actually be sent in order. For example, when the latest occurring data to be transmitted using a burst transfer contains sequence number Z, this data may actually be transmitted before other data having earlier occurring sequence numbers. Such a transmission may have certain optimizations over an in-order transmission. Regardless, the above methods are equally usable with both systems that transfer data out of order and systems that transfer data in order.
- The above examples are described for cases where the video stream is being sent at a constant rate, reflected as a constant rate of increase of sequence numbers as a function of time. In other examples, the video stream may not be sent at a constant rate. In these cases, equations different from the above example equations may be used to calculate the first average transfer rate, the second average transfer rate and the transition time. Also, in these other examples in which the video stream is not being sent at a constant rate, the actual transfer rate during the first transfer period and the second transfer period might not be constant, but might instead vary of the first and second transfer intervals.
- The above examples function best in networks having negligible and constant transfer delays. *The assumption of zero transfer delay is made for ease of explanation. Network jitter and other network anomalies may require adaptations to the above described formulas and methods. For example, high jitter may be compensated by intentionally overestimating J′, or determining the transition instant X and then causing an actual transition instant to occur slightly later. Other such adaptations may be made to the above equations and methods, as would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.
- The above examples are described with respect to a set-top box decoding a video stream. In other examples, the methods described above may applied to another network device decoding a video stream such as a High Definition TeleVision (HDTV) decoder, a personal computer, an IP phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a cell phone, a smart phone, etc.
- Several preferred examples have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. Various other examples of the invention are also possible and practical. The system may be exemplified in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the examples set forth above.
- Only those parts of the various units are shown and described which are necessary to convey an understanding of the examples to those skilled in the art. Those parts and elements not shown are conventional and known in the art.
- The system described above can use dedicated processor systems, micro controllers, programmable logic devices, or microprocessors that perform some or all of the operations. Some of the operations described above may be implemented in software and other operations may be implemented in hardware.
- For the sake of convenience, the operations are described as various interconnected functional blocks or distinct software modules. This is not necessary, however, and there may be cases where these functional blocks or modules are equivalently aggregated into a single logic device, program or operation with unclear boundaries. In any event, the functional blocks and software modules or features of the flexible interface can be implemented by themselves, or in combination with other operations in either hardware or software.
- Having described and illustrated the principles of the invention in a preferred embodiment thereof, it should be apparent that the invention may be modified in arrangement and detail without departing from such principles. I claim all modifications and variation coming within the spirit and scope of the following claims.
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